[QUOTE=zip;254879]5. You are definitely going to get wet.
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Depends. I've done well over 20 miles on the Pacific side of the Monterey peninsula, and had not a drop come into the boat other than that brought back in when reboarding after diving. I've also had whitecaps drench me while idling out of the harbor (that was probably not the wisest choice of diving days.)
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4. Going in to a kelp field at full throttle, is not a good thing.
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Depends on how close a view of the console you want. Actually, going into a heavy kelp mat at any speed is not a good thing, if you can avoid it.
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3. If you are going 20 knots and you hit a large wave, and think that the boat might be airborne, and you can look back and see your propeller is out of the water, and the rpms have increased a lot..............you are airborne.
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Continuation: And chopping the throttle at that point won't do you any good.
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2. If you are out in the ocean, in 4 to 6 ft. swells, and decide to stop to relieve your self over the side of the boat, hold on to something, because you will exit the boat quickly.
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paraphrase: You leave the boat much faster than you get back in. You also tend to be a bit moister on the reboard. On the other hand, at that point, it doesn't matter if your aim is off...
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If the Coast Guard has issued a small craft advisory, this does not mean that the CG is advising small craft owners that this is a good day to take your boat out.
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Interesting. I've been out diving on lots of days where SCA's have been issued. To tell the truth, I rarely notice much of a difference between those and days where they're not issued.
That said, discretion is not a bad thing to have, either.
jky
White Noise
She smiled politely when I said I had Ribbed it over there! (Crazy English she thought)
